Guntis Moritis
OGJ Production Editor
HOUSTON, May 6 -- Chevron Corp. announced that oil production from Tahiti field, the deepest producing field in the Gulf of Mexico, started on May 5. Chevron expects daily production to ramp up to about 125,000 bo/d and 70 MMcfd of natural gas by yearend.
Tahiti field, discovered in 2002, is one of the largest in the gulf and contains 400-500 million boe of recoverable resources, according to Chevron. The first phase of the project cost $2.7 billion.
Tahiti lies on Green Canyon Blocks 596, 597, 640, and 641 in 4,100 ft of water about 190 miles south of New Orleans.
Primary pay sands are Lower to Middle Miocene at 23,000-28,000 ft that lie below a 8,000-15,000 ft thick salt canopy.
The deepest producing well has a depth of more than 26,700 ft, a record for the gulf, according to Chevron.
The field produces from two subsea drill centers with six subsea wells tied back to a production facility on a floating truss spar.
The operator Chevron holds a 58% working interest in the field. Partners are StatoilHydro 25% and Total SA 17%.
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